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Ministry of Minority Affairs
Employment Opportunities to Minority Communities
The Government has implemented various schemes for the welfare and upliftment of every strata, including minorities, specially the economically weaker and lesser privileged sections of the society, through various schemes of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Textiles and Ministry of Culture.
The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements USTTAD Scheme pan India including the State of Rajasthan and Karnataka to promote and provide employment opportunities to minority communities associated with traditional art forms. USTTAD scheme with 33% target allocation for women beneficiaries seeks to preserve heritage of traditional arts and crafts of minority communities and build capacity of traditional crafts persons and artisans and establish linkages of traditional skills with the global market. Hunar Haat, provides a platform to minority artisans/craftsmen and culinary experts across the country to showcase and market their finest handicraft and indigenous products.
The USTTAD scheme has now been merged as a component of a new scheme known as Pradhan Mantri Virasat Ka Samvardhan  w.e.f. FY 2022-23, aiming to improve livelihoods of minorities, particularly artisan communities, through skill development, education, leadership, training support and entrepreneurship interventions.
This Information was given by the Minister of Minority Affairs, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says, recruitment in Central Government continued even during COVID-19 pandemic
A total of 1,59,615 candidates were selected by UPSC, SSC and IBPS during 2020-21 and 2021-22: Dr Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that recruitment in Central Government continued even during COVID-19 pandemic.
A statement laid on the table of the Rajya Sabha by Dr Jitendra Singh stated that recruitment in Central Government is a continuous process. A total of 1,59,615 candidates were selected by UPSC, SSC and the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection, popularly known as the IBPS during 2020-21 and 2021-22.
The Union Public Service Commission , Staff Selection Commission  and Institute of Banking Personnel Selection  have been conducting their examinations duly complying with all COVID-19 safety protocols. Following recruitments have been made by UPSC, SSC and IBPS during COVID-19 pandemic period:
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YEAR
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UPSC
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SSC
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IBPS
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Total
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2020-21
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4,214
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68,891
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23,496
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96,601
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2021-22
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4,699
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29,023
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29,292
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63,014
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GRAND TOTAL 
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8,913
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97,914
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52,788
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1,59,615
On the issue of granting age relaxation and extra attempt to candidates for Civil Services Examination , due to COVID-19 pandemic, the matter was also brought before the Supreme Court of India vide Writ Petitions by CSE aspirants. Based on the judgments passed by Supreme Court of India, the matter was considered and it has not been found feasible to change the existing provisions regarding number of attempts and age-limit in respect of the Civil Services Examination. As regards examinations to be conducted by SSC for the examinations being advertised in the year 2022, the SSC has decided to fix crucial date for determining age as on 01.01.2022. In the normal course, the crucial date for determining age for these examinations would have been 01.08.2022 or 01.01.2023, depending on the schedule of conduct of Tier-II Examination. As regards the Banking Sector, since each year exams were conducted, the issue of age relaxation is not applicable.
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Ministry of Finance
Roll-out of e-Way Bill system for Intra-State movement of goods in the States / Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Puducherry from 25th April, 2018
As per the decision of the GST Council, e-Way Bill system for Inter-State movement of goods has been rolled-out from 01st April, 2018. As on 20th April, 2018, e-Way Bill system for Intra-State movement of goods has been rolled-out in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. E-Way Bills are getting generated successfully and till 22ndApril, 2018 more than one crore eighty four lakh e-Way Bills have been successfully generated which includes more than twenty two lakh e-Way Bills for Intra-State movement of Goods.
It is hereby informed that e-Way Bill system for Intra-State movement of goods would be implemented from 25th April, 2018 in the following States/ Union Territory:-
 Arunachal Pradesh
 Madhya Pradesh
 Meghalaya
 Sikkim
 Puducherry
With the roll-out of e-Way Bill system in these States / Union Territory, it is expected that trade and industry will be further facilitated insofar as the transport of goods is concerned, thereby eventually paving the way for a nation-wide single e-Way Bill system. Trade and industry and transporters located in these States/Union Territory may obtain registration /enrollment on e-Way Bill portal namely https://www.ewaybillgst.gov.in at the earliest without waiting for the last date.
Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister Pays Tributes to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on Martyrs Day
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi on Martyrs Day today. The Prime Minister paid floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.
In a tweet the Prime Minister said, “I salute to the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi on his Martyrdom Day. The Personality, Ideas and Ideals of the Mahatma shall continue to inspire us to build a strong, able and prosperous New India.”
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi paid tribute on 72nd Anniversary of the Martyrdom Day of Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi. Vice President Shri Venkkaiah Naidu was also present on the occasion.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
MSP Operations during Kharif Marketing Season 2020-21
Over 356.18 LMTs of Paddy Procurement during KMS 2020-21, shows increase of 20.41 %
A quantity of 4152628 cotton bales valuing Rs.12150.84 Crore has been procured benefitting 805262 Farmers
In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season  2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP Schemes.
Paddy procurement for Kharif 2020-21 is continuing smoothly in the procuring States & UTs of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pardesh, Maharashtra and Bihar with purchase of over 356.18 LMTs of paddy up to 08.12.2020 against the last year corresponding purchase of 295.79 LMT showing an increase of 20.41% over last year. Out of the total purchase of 356.18 LMT, Punjab alone has contributed 202.77 LMT which is 56.93% of total procurement.
About 37.38 Lac farmers have already been benefitted from the ongoing KMS procurement Operations with MSP value of Rs. 67248.22 Crore.
Further, based on the proposal from the States, approval was accorded for procurement of 48.11 LMT of Pulse and Oilseeds of Kharif Marketing Season 2020 for the States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh under Price Support Scheme. Further, sanction for procurement of 1.23 LMT of Copra  for the States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala was also given. For other States/UTs approval will also be accorded on receipt of proposals for procurement of Pulses, Oilseeds and Copra under PSS so that procurement of FAQ grade of these crops can be made at notified MSP for the year 2020-21 directly from the registered farmers, if the market rate goes below MSP during the notified harvesting period in the respective States/UTs by the Central Nodal Agencies through State nominated procuring agencies.
Upto 08.12.2020, the Government through its Nodal Agencies has procured 143425.38 MT of Moong, Urad, Groundnut Pods and Soyabean having MSP value of Rs.770.84 Crores benefitting 81301 farmers in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Rajasthan.
Similarly, 5089 MT of copra  having MSP value of Rs.52.40 crore has been procured benefitting 3961 farmers in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu upto 08.12.2020 as against the last year corresponding purchase of 293.34 MT of copra. In respect of Copra and Urad, rates are ruling above MSP in most of the major producing States. The respective State/UTs Governments are making necessary arrangements for commencement of procurement from the date as decided by the respective States based on the arrivals in respect of Kharif Pulses and Oilseeds.
Procurement operations of seed cotton  under MSP are going on smoothly in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Karnataka. Till 08.12.2020 a quantity of 4152628 cotton bales valuing Rs.12150.84 Crore has been procured benefitting 805262 farmers.
NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog to Hold Workshop on Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage on 30 March
NITI Aayog is organizing a national-level workshop on carbon capture, utilisation and storage  on 30 March 2022.
The workshop will be inaugurated by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, Member Dr VK Saraswat and CEO Amitabh Kant, Adviser to Prime Minister Amit Khare, Principal Scientific Adviser Prof. K VijayRaghvan, secretaries of the Government of India, chairpersons and managing directors of PSUs, and senior officials of the national and international companies.
NITI Aayog recognizes the significant role of CCUS in achieving our climate targets. Recently, studies of the inter-governmental panel on climate change have shown the critical importance of carbon capture for rapidly decarbonizing our economy. This is especially important today for industrial emissions, which have not received the required attention. Net-zero carbon emissions from the atmosphere will, perhaps, play an even bigger role—potentially creating a new industry twice as large as today’s oil industry. CCUS is an important imperative for an immediate transition to a zero carbon economy and is, accordingly, essential for the government to deliver its 2070 net zero commitment.
NITI Aayog’s workshop will bring together government officials, industry leaders and the academia to discuss the role of CCUS in enabling a circular economy for India.
Prime Minister's Office
PM to inaugurate PETROTECH -2019 on February 11, 2019
The Prime Minister will inaugurate the PETROTECH - 2019 at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh on 11th February 2019.
He will also address the inaugural session of the event.
PETROTECH - 2019 is considered to be India’s flagship hydrocarbon conference. PETROTECH-2019, the 13th International Oil & Gas Conference & Exhibition is being organised under the aegis of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India.
The three-day mega event, from 10 to 12 February 2019, will showcase the recent market and investor friendly developments in India’s oil and gas sector. Over 95 Energy Ministers from partner countries and 7000 delegates from around 70 countries are expected to be part of PETROTECH -2019.
Along with the Conference, the event will have a concurrent exhibition spread over 20,000 square meters at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida. The PETROTECH-2019 Exhibition will have over 13 country pavilions and around 750 exhibitors from over 40 countries, with exclusive areas on the Make in India and Renewable Energy theme.
PM has in the past inaugurated the 12 the edition of PETROTECH-2016on 5 December 2016.
Hesaid that “My vision for India’s energy future has four pillars:
Energy access, Energy efficiency, Energy sustainability &Energy security. ”
PM also invited the global hydrocarbon companies to come and Make in India and assured them that our motto is to replace Red Tape with Red Carpet.”
Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
KVIC launches e-marketing system
KVIC Chairman launching e-marketing system- KIMIS.
The Khadi and Village Industries Commission  today launched its, in-housedeveloped,single-umbrella e-marketing systemnamed Khadi Institution Management and Information System  in New Delhi. The system can be accessed from anywhere in the country for the sale and purchase of Khadi and Village Industries products.
KVIC Chairman, Vinai Kumar Saxena, whileinauguratingthe KIMIS, said that it was the need of the hour to develop an in-house single umbrella billing software for sale and purchase that could be monitored, round-the-clock, from any part of India.
He said that KVIC IT team has developed a foolproof software, which may have cost millions of rupees if purchased from a third party. This software will give real-time data of sales and will also give the updated status of stocks of khadi bhawans and godowns, allowing better planning and control of inventory of the KVIC. He added that 480 Khadi institutions and showrooms are linked with this billing software and it will be useful in raising demand and supply of goods in high demand.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
INAUGURATION OF ‘JOINT RESEARCH CLUSTER’ BETWEEN INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE AND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY
Kolkata, November 14, 2019.
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India has been engaged in pioneering research and training programme in the frontiers of statistics, mathematics, computer science and allied science. As a part of this programme, ISI in collaboration with University of Technology, Sydney, Australia today launched a joint research cluster in Kolkata. Andrew Ford, Australian Consul General and Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Director, ISI, jointly inaugurated this event.
The joint research cluster will mainly focus on the research of the artificial intelligence and machine learning like spotting crocodile and shark using drones for safety of human beings and conservation of animals, automatic keyboard or keypad less writing for mobile and computer, non-invasive Electroencephalogram  based brain computer interface for automatic car driving assistance and structural health monitoring on bridge, monument, building using computer vision and drone.
On this occasion a two-day international workshop on machine learning and its application to pattern recognition  was also organized. In the inaugural session of this workshop Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay, Director, ISI said that exchange of science and technology between the two countries would be possible through this joint research cluster programme. She said that there is so much data with the help of which we can be aware of the issue like decreasing ground water level, detection of arsenic contamination in ground water and water conservation.
Andrew Ford, Australian Consul General congratulated and wished success of this joint research cluster . He also said that this JRC will help in developing the area related with economics, industry, science and education.
Prof. Umapada Paul, Head, CVPR Unit, ISI emphasized that this joint research will develop technologies on the research area. He also informed how to drive a car by EEG or to recognize different hand writing with the help of ML technology.
Prof. Michael Blumenstein, Associate Dean, University of Technology, Sydney highlighted that they are running the research and academic activities since long and now the fund will be provided jointly by department of Science and Technology, Govenrment of India and the Federal Government of Australia. He said that University of Technology, Sydney already had succeeded in detecting arsenic element from drinking water and also purified the same in Vietnam and now they are performing the same in India.
Dr. Kirsten Murray, Director, International University of Technology, Sydney and Prof. Bhabatosh Chanda, Prof. In Charge, Computer and Communication Science Division, ISI were also present in this programme.
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Ministry of Education
Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan calls for restoring normalcy and vibrancy in educational institutions post-COVID
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan reviews reopening of schools and vaccination status of teachers across the country
Over 92% school teachers in the country have been vaccinated
Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today reviewed the vaccination status of teachers across the country and reopening of schools. He also reviewed the vaccination status in the skilling ecosystem. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Shri Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for Education were also present in the meeting.
Shri Pradhan has been regularly monitoring the vaccination of teaching staff and non teaching staff to ensure enabling environment for schools to move towards reopening. He stressed upon the need to restore normalcy and vibrancy in the educational institutions in wake of rapid vaccination at scale happening in the country.
As on date, a majority of states have already opened the schools for all the classes. Over 92% of teaching staff have been vaccinated. In the institutions under Central Government, over 96 % of teaching staff have been vaccinated.
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Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Training to Fishermen
The Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying issues advisory to coastal States and Union Territories  from time to time to sensitize the fishermen on the implications of crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line  and on the importance of not to cross IMBL. Besides, Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard  regularly conduct Community Interaction Programmes  for the fishermen in the coastal villages wherein they are sensitised about IMBL among other safety and security measures. ICG ships and aircraft, during regular patrol close to IMBL undertake shepherding of Indian fishing boats into Indian waters. Co-ordinated patrols with neighboring countries are also undertaken in order to sensitize the fishermen to avoid crossing IMBL. ICG also sensitizes Fisheries Departments of Coastal States/UTs and fisheries associations about the perils of fishing near/across IMBL. Enhanced CIPs are conducted among fisher folk emphasizing on adverse implications for illegal entry and dangers involved in crossing IMBL. Since 2009, Indian Coast Guards have conducted 10,696 Community Interactions. Standard Operating Procedures have been promulgated by Ministry of Home Affairs in November, 2016 to prevent transgression of IMBL by Indian fishermen.
The flagship scheme “Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana  being implemented by Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying provides support to traditional fishermen/fishermen’s groups, to acquire deep sea fishing vessels and Automatic Information System/communication devises and support for training and capacity building to avoid crossing IMBL and instead to fish in other areas within Exclusive Economic Zone far away from their bases. In addition, PMMSY also supports fitment of communication and/or tracking devices, and GPS onboard fishing boats in order to help the fishermen to avoid straying across IMBL.
This information was given by Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
AYUSH
“ AYU SAMVAD” Campaign

“AYU SAMVAD” is one of the largest public awareness campaign program on AYURVEDA and COVID 19 PANDEMIC, organized by All India Institute of Ayurveda New Delhi, as envisioned & supported by Ministry of AYUSH. More than 5 lac lectures will be organized across the nation by Ayurveda Physicians for citizens of India.
All India Institute of Ayurveda organized online Training of Trainers program on AYUSH Ministry AVCC platform from 18 to 21 Jan, 2021 to Directors, principals of Ayurveda Colleges, Medical Officers, PG & Ph.D scholars, Practitoinoers and other stake holders all over India. In this training programme Padma Bhushan Vd. Devendra Triguna; Secrtary AYUSH Vd. Rajesh Kotecha; Additional Secretary AYUSH Mr. Pramodkumar Pathak; Joint Secretary Mr.P N Ranjeet Kumar; Mr. Roshan Jaggi, Advisar Ayurveda, Vd. Manoj Nesari, Chairman board of Governers of CCIM Vd.Jayant Devpujari, Director AIIA Vd. Tanuja Nesari & faculties of AIIA Vd. Mahesh Vyas, Vd.Medha Kulkarni, Vd.Ramakant Yadav & Vd. Meera Bhojani guided the participents. Nodal officer of this programme is Vd. Umesh Tagade Joint Director AIIA.
All India Institute of Ayurveda has drafted a power point presentation & booklet for reference. The trained personnel’s will further organize lectures for Government Offices, Non-Government sector employees, schools, colleges, panchayati raj institutions, gram sabhas, industries, various housing societies, NGOs, Mahila udyogs, Asha workers and health staff etc across India.
The PPT & training material will be uploaded on official website of ministry of AYUSH, AIIA, CCIM, CCRAS, RAV & others NIS, State AYUSH Directors for reference and will guide to organize lectures across India.
Each trained person is expected to actively participate and deliver minimum 5 lectures each from 26th Jan 2021 to 30th March 2021 to people of India.
Objective of the Campaign:
The main objective of the campaign is to create awareness through Lecture series to make common people aware about the theme “Ayurveda for COVID 19 Pandemic”. This campaign ensures the uniformity of information through a structured PPT delivered to approximately 01 crore target audience across India through 05 Lakh lectures.
This campaign will be immensely beneficial in understanding the importance of Ayurveda & in the fight against COVID 19 & also for Post Covid Management. This campaign will specifically focus on the Role of Preventive, Promotive, Curative and Rehabilitation in Management of COVID 19 through Ayurveda.
Campaign will monitor through State AYUSH Directors & NAM team. The report of the Documentation part of lectures & various activities will be submitted by state AYUSH Director in first week of May 2021.
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Ministry of Textiles
Extension in date of filing of Application under the Production Linked Incentive  Scheme for Textiles
Ministry of Textiles has extended the timeline for submission of applications under the PLI Scheme for Textiles till 14.02.2022. Earlier the date of submission of online application under PLI Scheme for Textiles was upto 31st January 2022.
The eligible applicants may apply through online only.The link is https://pli.texmin.gov.in/mainapp/Default.
Detailed guidelines of the Scheme are available at
https://pli.texmin.gov.in/Guidelines/Approved%20Guidelines%20for%20PLI%20scheme%20for%20Textiles.pdf.